Doctors from Hell By Vivien Spitz With a title like, Doctors from Hell, it’s easy to walk the other way, hoping to find a more relaxing literary escape. We’ve heard the story of the Nuremberg Trials following the Holocaust. Why keep looking at that awful part of our history? We face so many other problems now. That’s a difficult sentiment to refute. However, Vivien Spitz’s…
Author: Laurence Gonzales I read two books by Laurence Gonzalez, and found Deep Survival to be more enjoyable. Gonzalez, a freelance writer, a bit of an adventurer, a pilot and the son of a B-17 pilot in World War II enjoyed reading accident reports, science and writing. This combination of skills and interests led him to take the journey to uncover why some people survive…
Cold a Long Time. An Alpine Mystery Author: John Leake The True Crime genre—not one I typically grab. But when Texas author John Leake recommended his book, Cold a Long Time, I decided to try something new. Having already enjoyed John’s prose in articles, it was fun to pick up something different. John poses thought provoking questions, isn’t afraid to ask unusual questions and writes…
30 plus years after Vietnam, Captain Ford wrote about his life during Vietnam as a Huey helicopter pilot with the U.S. Army. In 1967 Bob Ford joined the Army in Vietnam. He quickly earned his wings and flew missions in a Huey helicopter. 4,914 helicopter pilots and crew never returned home. Captain Ford was one who lived to tell his story. He takes the reader…
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